freewill:ChipNASA: "Where the streets have no name....where the streets have no name........."

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They used to have a school for the blind, but the students fell into the sea. Then they created a soccer team, but they fell into the sea.

Seriously, wasn't this guy's platform attacked by German mercenaries in the 80s or something?

No,When I first came here, this was all sea. Everyone said I was daft to takeover a platform in the sea, but I took it over all the same, just to show them. It sank into the sea. So I built a second one. That sank into the sea. So I built a third. That burned down, fell over, then sank into the sea. But the fourth one, the forth one stayed up. And that's what you're going to get, Lad, the strongest fortress platform in all of England.

freewill:Seriously, wasn't this guy's platform attacked by German mercenaries in the 80s or something?

1978. The "Prime Minister of Sealand" (maybe self-styled?) led a coup and had hired mercenaries. But Prince Roy re-claimed the platform and held the instigator on treason charges. Germany actually sent a diplomat to garner his release.

ChipNASA:freewill: ChipNASA: "Where the streets have no name....where the streets have no name........."

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They used to have a school for the blind, but the students fell into the sea. Then they created a soccer team, but they fell into the sea.

Seriously, wasn't this guy's platform attacked by German mercenaries in the 80s or something?

No,When I first came here, this was all sea. Everyone said I was daft to takeover a platform in the sea, but I took it over all the same, just to show them. It sank into the sea. So I built a second one. That sank into the sea. So I built a third. That burned down, fell over, then sank into the sea. But the fourth one, the forth one stayed up. And that's what you're going to get, Lad, the strongest fortress platform in all of England.

*golfclap*

Nicely done. Though I hope he married that boy off to some girl with huuuuuuge tracks of reef.

Rest in peace sweet prince. I first heard your story on Real People when I was a kid and it sparked my imagination. You were one of the main reasons I started a pirate radio station in my youth and it was your spirit, as well as Poppa Neutrino and Tom Neale's, that guided me when I built my first boat. I lost another hero today.